Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-06-16
State News.
CUMBERLAND.

school and graduation OF the second class o,
1857, will take place June 10 2S. Sunday,
Kew. MIR. Munger will preach q sermon be-
/ fore the school. Tuesday evening Hon. s.
l.. Milliken will deliver an orstion at the
Congregational church. Wednesday even.
ing. at the same place, there will be = concert
by Shsw's qnsrteite. Miss Annie Greedy and
Miss Alice Philbrook, all OF Portland. Thurs.
day, Will occur the examinations of classes
and In the evening the graduation exercises
will be held. The graduating class numbers
thirteen ladies and three gentlemen
Gen Dow charges that the Portland police
sre bribed by rumsellers, and saws he knows
who the rumseilers are. Ii is to be hoped
that the fullest exlmn i,iou will be made and
that Gen. Dow will be- given chance to tell
what he knows, So that no guilty man may
escape.
Messrs. Hamilton & Co., of Chebeague,
have sold from 1000 to 250o barrels of clam
bait to Canadian fishermen, this year. In the
same time last year this firm sold from 5000
to $500 barrels. Some of the Canadians are
beginning TO look for bait in Canadian terri
tory. Churchill and Johnson of Locksp sport,
N. s. who last year bought 1900 barrels of
bait OF Hamilton 4 Co, this year secured tw
csrgoes from Point Lepreux and have pur-
chased only 200 barrels here. The firm evil
deRtly at the beginning of the season feared
that the American markets would be denied
them as purchasing place for bait and this
feeling was probably shared by other
Canadian dealers
FRANKLIN.
The Moore contested will case is still in the
Probate Court. This term, Judge Morrison
gave hearing 10 arguments by Joseph G.
Holman, Esq, counsel for the contestants.
and Henry L. Whitcomb, Esq. counsel for
the will, in regard TO the admissibility of Ger.
tain evidence desired to be put into the case
by the contestants. The Judge reserved his
decision.
County Commissioners Franklin W Pat
terson, Samuel X. Wellman and John X
roothaker were at West Pennington, Satur-
day, June ii, on a petition from the select
men of the town, asking for the Diet, ,rminstion
of the bounds of the main street of the VII
lage. They viewed the road from the Center
Bridge to the Twin Bridges on the Temple
road and ther adjourned to some later date
for a thorough survey.
Hancock.
Hannibal +. Hsmlin. Esq. of Ellsworth,
has purchased a beautifully located lot at
Hancock Point and proposes to erect fine
summer cottage there this season.
r.n,ad Ia,',oI,n ~ - t.aa
on the charge of stealing $1,000 rom MIR
Jonas Turner of Castine. wa. brought /,
Bucksport in 1861, by Cant. Jordan. who
found him in the West Indies in very desli.
tute circumstances. Young .Iovc,lyn
claimed to have been educated at Csmbr,dye
England. and to have been brought no by an
uncle with the expectancy of succeeding to
the estates and title of a baropet Upon his
upcle's death. however. a cousin claimed and
got the estate and title. He claims now. TO
have heard from ENGLAND last fall. and tha
his cousin was sick with an incurable disease,
"heh 'he estate wouiu come 10 MIN.
OXFORD.
The Agricultural interests of Bethel exbib,t
a curious state of affairs. ID. M. Grover
Monday. planted potatoes IN the forenoon.
boed corn il the afternoon. and s. w. XII
orn was having. Grass is yery forward. and
some of the low intervals are vet unplant,d
A valuable colt owned and driven nv Nila.
Brothers. Canton. WAS being exercised ON th,.
track. Monday. June l3. when he sbied Mt
sometbing beside the road. overtnrniny the
carriage. breaking the shaft. and partialIv
stunning Fred Nile. The coli received
severe cut from the broken shaft nearly
seyerirp the heel cord
,
uround mas Deen broken on the site OF the